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US-395: Carson City to Bishop is open. No chain controls are in effect on this stretch right now.
Chain controls, wind postings, cameras, and weather for the whole drive, from the Nevada state line through Bridgeport, Conway Summit, Lee Vining, and the Mammoth Lakes turnoff to Bishop. Every verdict on this page is live from Caltrans District 9.
US-395 · the Nevada state line to Bridgeport
Bridgeport and the Walker River
Bridgeport and the Walker River is open. No chain controls are in effect on this stretch right now.
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US-395 · Bridgeport to the Mammoth Lakes turnoff
Conway Summit and Lee Vining
Conway Summit and Lee Vining is open. No chain controls are in effect on this stretch right now.
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US-395 · the Mammoth Lakes turnoff to Bishop
Bishop and the Sherwin Grade
Bishop and the Sherwin Grade is open. No chain controls are in effect on this stretch right now.
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Coleville · 6,902 ft · Caltrans still image
Bridgeport · 6,486 ft · Caltrans still image
Lee Vining · 8,149 ft · Caltrans still image
June Lake · 8,031 ft · Caltrans still image
Mammoth Lakes · 7,529 ft · Caltrans still image
Mammoth Lakes · 6,906 ft · Caltrans still image
Caltrans keeps eight still cameras on this whole corridor, and none in Bishop itself or on the Sherwin Grade. The strip shows them in driving order so the gaps are as visible as the frames.
In the spring wind season, Caltrans posts high wind advisories and outright prohibitions for campers, trailers, and permit loads on US-395, sometimes for the whole run from the Bishop area to Bridgeport. No wind posting is showing on the corridor right now. The wind page carries the live sign messages, the current postings, and what each one means for your vehicle.
Wind and closures pageHeading for Mammoth Lakes? The drive to the SR-203 turnoff is covered on the Conway Summit page, weather block included. The last miles into town are SR-203's own road.
California posts chain controls as R-1, R-2, and R-3, and Conway Summit and Deadman Summit collect them all winter. The chain guide explains what each level requires of your vehicle, what to carry, and where on this corridor the controls usually go up.
Read the chain guideUS-395 south of Carson City is the Eastern Sierra's main street, roughly 140 miles of highway from the Carson Valley to Bishop. It leaves the valley floor at Minden and Gardnerville, crosses into California at Topaz Lake, follows the West Walker River, climbs Conway Summit and Deadman Summit, passes Mono Lake and the Mammoth Lakes turnoff, and drops the Sherwin Grade into the Owens Valley. The live data on this site is Caltrans District 9 data, which begins at the California state line north of Topaz Lake and runs to Bishop.
For the Nevada half of the drive, Reno to Carson City through Washoe Valley, the live status, wind restrictions, and cameras are on the US-395 Reno to Carson City page on i80pass.com. This site picks the corridor up at the state line and carries it south.
Is US-395 open?
Check the live status at the top of this page, with its Caltrans timestamp. That status, not this answer, tells you if US-395 between Carson City and Bishop is open, under chain controls, or closed right now.
Is Conway Summit open?
Check the live status at the top of this page, with its Caltrans timestamp. Conway Summit is on US-395 south of Bridgeport, so the US-395 status at the top of this page is the Conway Summit status. The Conway Summit page carries the summit's own stretch in detail.
Do I need chains on US-395 today?
Check the live chain controls on this page and on the chain controls page before you drive. If the live page shows R-1, R-2, or R-3 for your part of the corridor, follow that level. The chain guide explains what each level means.
Is the road to Mammoth Lakes open?
Check the live status at the top of this page, with its Caltrans timestamp. Mammoth Lakes is reached by SR-203, which turns off US-395 on this corridor, so the US-395 status here covers the drive to the Mammoth Lakes turnoff.
Road, weather, and camera data: Caltrans District 9, the California Department of Transportation's Eastern Sierra district.